disintegrity
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editdisintegrity (uncountable)
- A lack or loss of integrity or cohesion.
- 2012, Daniel H. McKenzie, Ecological Indicators, page 124:
- Common symptoms of ecosystem disintegrity include the loss of self-regulatory functions (e.g. impaired nutrient recycling and productivity) and dramatic shifts in biotic community structure from dominance by relatively large, long-lived native species to dominance by smaller, short-lived exotics.